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OVERVIEW OF THE PAPERIn this Gordon Rule Writing course, you.docx
OVERVIEW OF THE PAPER
In this
Gordon Rule Writing
course, you will complete
three writing assignments
that build on each other to facilitate your progress.
The goal of these writing assignments is for you to sharpen your research skills, apply communication theory to everyday life, and demonstrate college-level writing skills
.
SELECTION OF THE TOPIC
1. Select Section
From the sections of our course textbook on communication theories, you will choose
three sections
to base your three Theoretical Review papers on. For the Theoretical Review Paper_1, you will work with the first section of the course textbook --
The Self and Messages
. This section is assigned to you to get us started with the writing assignments, however, going forward in the course you will be able to choose the section you want to focus on for each Theoretical Review Paper. The sections you can choose from are below and they align with the sections of the course textbook.
The sections on communication theories are:
The Self and Messages (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7)
Relationship Development (Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11)
Groups and Organizations (Chapters 14, 17)
Culture and Diversity (Chapters 27, 28)
Public and Media (Chapters 18, 21, 25, 26)
2. Select a Theory from each section
From each section, you will select a theory you will research and write about in your Theoretical Reveiw Paper. For the first Theoretical Review Paper you will select theory/theories from (1) The Self and Messages (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7); choose
one
theory to research.
With that theory, you should research how the theory applies to some aspect of communication of interest to you.
For example, here are some topics
(sections of the text, theories, communication aspect)
that other students have previously chosen:
The Self and Messages
Symbolic Interactionism (theory), intrapersonal communication (communication context), and self-esteem among college students (situation or issue from everyday life).
Symbolic Interactionism (theory), intrapersonal communication (communication context), and its relationship to body-shaming (situation or issue from everyday life).
Coordinated Management of Meaning theory, intrapersonal communication (communication context), and its effects on the business environment (situation or issue from everyday life).
Cognitive Dissonance Theory, intrapersonal communication (communication context), and the effects on romantic relationships (situation or issue from everyday life)
Expectancy Violations Theory, intrapersonal communication, and employer/employee relationships (situation or issue from everyday life)
Relationship Development
Uncertainty Reduction Theory, interpersonal communication (or intrapersonal communication), and dating
Social Exchange Theory, interpersonal communication, and effects on sales and entrepreneurship
Groups and Organizations
Groupthink, group/organizational communication, and what happens when generating ideas in work group.
Assignment InstructionsSOCI 212 – Social ProblemsAmerican Public.docx
Assignment Instructions
SOCI 212 – Social Problems
American Public University System
Assignment 1: the sociological viewpoint toward social problems (Due Week 2)
CLICK HERE for HW1 GUIDELINES
Overview
One of the most crucial components to this course concerns addressing social problems in society from a sociological viewpoint as opposed to a strictly policy-oriented, psychological, or criminal justice viewpoint. Although many different viewpoints in social science are valid and have a lot of importance, it is equally important for us to understand how sociology looks at the nature of social problems in society today. This paper will enable us to explore why certain social problems seem to be regarded as more significant than others. Our job will be in defining the sociological viewpoint, and choosing one social problem that we think is of high importance. We will build upon the topic we choose in this paper for our second and third writing assignments.
Instructions
Construct a 2-4 page paper that fully explores each of the following areas:
1)
Citing our textbook material, explain how the sociological approach toward social problems differs from other approaches. Why are certain problems considered significant and others are not?
2)
Next, choose one social problem that exists in society that you think is particularly serious, and explain it in sociological terms. This social problem should be measurable in some statistical way. (Is it increasing, and if so, how? Among which groups of people, and for how long, etc.?)
3)
What might be one important way in which the social problem is currently being addressed in society?
4)
Please define and identify at least four concepts from our text relevant to your chosen social problem.
5)
Analyze the way in which these concepts help us better understand the nature of the social problem you are discussing.
Don’t forget to include proper APA-style citation and reference. (Assignment One is worth 10% of the total grade.)
Due by 11:55 pm ET, Sunday of Week 2 – submit using link in Sakai.
The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, arial or times new roman 11 pt font, and saved as .doc, .rtf or .pdf in the format: lastname_SOCI212_HW1.doc
DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
LATE POLICY:
See Syllalbus.
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Assignment 1 will evaluate your ability to do the following:
Course Objectives:
Course Objective One
Identify specific social problems and their cause-effect patterns.
Course Objective Two
Identify current research methods that are utilized for the investigation of social problems.
Course Objective Three
Compare and contrast current and suggested policies, programs, and/or treatments in terms of their effectiveness for alleviating the negative consequences of social problems.
Course Objective Four
Apply class concepts to support opinions about social problems.
Co ...
Read Survey of Communication Chpt. 1 httpsen.wikibooks.orgw.docx
Read Survey of Communication Chpt. 1
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Survey_of_Communication_Study/Chapter_1_-_Foundations:_Defining_Communication_and_Communication_Study
Read Survey of Communication Chpts. 5 and 6
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Survey_of_Communication_Study/Chapter_5_-_Communication_Theory
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Survey_of_Communication_Study/Chapter_6_-_Communication_Research
1. How does our reading define communication using one sentence? What are the two models of communication discussed in the reading and how are they similar/different?
2. Name three people (do not give exact names—just explain how you know them) who you feel use communication effectively in their jobs? In what ways do they communicate effectively using verbal and nonverbal communication?
3. What are the functions of communication theory? How does understanding communication theory help you in your daily life?
4. List and briefly define the three broad research methodologies discussed in the reading. Which type of research method do you personally prefer and why?
...
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSUASION AND PROPAGANDA, LANGUAGE USE, AND FA.docx
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSUASION AND PROPAGANDA, LANGUAGE USE, AND FALLACIES
This essay is based partly on the video we have watched for class in the last unit: chapters 4 – 5 of “The Persuaders” ( the link of the vedio is : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p74&continuous=1)
and the reading assignment “Metaphors We Live By”, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, the link is :http://pages.vassar.edu/theories-of-the-novel/files/2013/04/Metaphors-We-Live-By.pdf This essay is also partly based on the assigned readings on loaded language and propaganda, in your text on pp. 458 - 469; on fallacies in chapter 7 of your text;
LENGTH OF ESSAY AND POLICY ON PLAGIARISM: After watching the above video and doing the assigned readings, you should type an approximately 3 page double-spaced essay (of font size 10 or 11) which interweaves the answers to the main questions (in capital letters) below, with details from the assigned video and readings to support your answers. You need not summarize the video for this essay, and you need not discuss everything in the video, but you must include specific examples to support your points and you must show evidence of having watched the video, as well as having done the assigned readings.
I will not accept essays that are shorter than 2 double-spaced pages (44 lines of text of 10 or 11 size font). Your essay may be longer than 3 pages, but should not exceed 5 pages. You are not expected to use any outside sources in your discussion (that is, you are expected to only use assigned readings and videos for the course, as stated above), but, if you do use outside sources, you must include citations. Failure to cite outside sources will be counted as plagiarism, for which there are penalties (see the syllabus).
Keep a copy of your final essay in print or saved electronically just in case I claim that I never received it. This is for your own protection.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSUASION AND PROPAGANDA, LANGUAGE USE, AND FALLACIES
Chapters 4 – 6 of “The Persuaders” discusses different ways in which marketers and political consultants and political campaigners use various techniques to “persuade” the public to either buy certain goods or to support certain political positions or candidates and it never explicitly connects this “persuasion” to propaganda, while the article by George Lakoff discusses the different ways that metaphors inform the way we think generally and also politically.
Interweave into one essay a discussion of the following questions (#1, #2 & #3): The main themes are in CAPITAL LETTERS, and the questions beneath the main themes are guidelines and reminders of what we have, or will, discuss in class.
1) MAIN QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED: Given Lakoff’s metaphor that “argument is war” (as found in the assigned article), and given Rapaille’s approach to marketing and Frank Luntz’s approach to politics and language in the video, “The Persuaders”, do these .
. The assignment is to write 2 essays of 2 pages each, for a tot.docx
. The assignment is to write 2 essays of 2 pages each, for a total of 4 pages.
Taking a Closer Look at Community: Our last few weeks of readings are focused on different ways of imagining community ties in our increasingly globalized world. These are communities that have global dimensions the readings in our final unit want us to take a closer look at: gender, social networks, political activists, university students, global supply chains. The assignment here is to choose one of the types of community we have looked at: Gender (Lorber, Devor, Blum, Tannen); Social Networks (Gladwell, Friedman); Political Activists (Gladwell, Friedman); University Students (Nathan); Global Supply Chains (Friedman). Choose 2 different articles from this list in order to explore the argument the article makes about how to understand the kind of community it is concerned with.
For each article, you are to write a 2-page summary, focused on the argument the article makes for how we should understand the community it is looking at--and what ties it together. The summary should offer clear explanation of the community the article is looking at. It should also lay out a thorough analysis of the argument, take a look at some of the examples your source uses to better understand the limitations of the argument, and offer a summation of the evidence s/he uses to make his case about how to understand the community it is concerned with (mostly in the form of expert authorities). In other words, this is a summary of a specific community and its real-world complications, in order to best understand the author's argument regarding the community in all of its complexity and complications. So actually much of your attention should be devoted to looking at where the argument or the concerns it speaks to are more complicated than it might at first seem.
The Elements of Summary: As you sit down to summarize your chosen community concept, you want to keep in mind that the main task is to prioritize what you feel to be the most important aspects for understanding the concept. That is the critical thinking aspect of the assignment; it involves making choices about what to include and why. That means you want to examine closely your author's priorities in setting up the key concern, looking at what s/he starts with, where s/he takes the discussion, and where s/he ends it. Certainly, the end of his/her discussion (the concluding remarks) will show us most clearly what s/he wants us to prioritize in engaging with the key concern. But tracking his/her discussion along the way can tell us more about why s/he goes that way and looking back at the introduction can help clarify what he thinks we should initially keep in mind as he sorts through his argument. What this also means is that you want to give some attention to when the author goes in surprising directions or shows us where his concerns or related terms don't work in expected ways.
Definition: we have given a good deal of ...
STEP 1 Next, find a text in conversation with your first two that.docx
STEP 1: Next, find a
text in conversation with your first two that that allows for reader/viewer interaction via feedback, online comments, etc.
You can be creative here. For example, you could look at a blog, a series of tweets, a podcast, Instagram posts, online videos, interviews, artwork, ads, etc. as long as the text provides space for interaction from readers/viewers
(like comments, sharing, or liking).
Importantly, again, try to pick a source (or series of sources--if you use something like tweets) that isn't just broadly about the same general topic as the one you used for the last discussion, but one that debates the same question or concern that your previous sources debated/discussed.
NOTE: Try to find a source with information that surprises you or enhances your understanding of the conversation in some way. This will help you write a better analysis.
STEP 2: Once you’ve identified a source to work with, read the text(s) and then write a rhetorical summary. To help you write a rhetorical summary, see
Guiding Questions for Rhetorical Summaries
below. Because your source is so different from the previous sources you used, your answers will probably be very different.
Note: there's a new question below: don't forget to answer it!
Guiding Questions For Researching Rhetorically:
Please use specific examples from the text to support your analysis. Here are some questions to consider.
First, identify the
author
(first name and last name) and title of the piece and where/when it was published. Then identify the core idea of the author’s argument, along with information on
what
they’re arguing and
how
they’re making their argument. (If it's an informative piece, identify what the main goal of the document is and what they are using to support that goal. For example, what are they trying to explain? Why? How?) Your summary should remain an objective report of the article/text, without your commentary or opinion of the author’s argument/information.
Who is the
audience
for the text and what was the author’s purpose? Remember that the audience cannot be "everyone". (For example, does the audience belong to a particular age group? To a specific geographical location? A political affiliation? A specific career or degree of knowledge? Look for clues in the text as to whom the writer thinks is reading.) What is the writer responding to? What do you know about the author/place of publication?
How does the writer use evidence/information? Is the evidence/information reliable? Why or why not?
What is the level of
bias
or degree of advocacy in the medium where this article was published? For example, a newspaper or website might believe something very strongly, to the point that they are very selective in the information they share, or they might be trying to be "neutral". If you look into the newspaper/website/etc, you might get clues. What might you say are the medium’s values? For example, for an article, you mi.
THE PURPOSE Knowledge After completing this assignment, .docx
THE PURPOSE:
Knowledge:
After completing this assignment, you will understand:
1) The scope and diversity of psychology as a discipline.
2) How psychologists working from different philosophical and theoretical perspectives make different
contributions to our understanding of particular psychological topics.
Skills:
After completing this assignment, you will be able to:
1) Assess the strengths and weaknesses of various explanations for your topic.
2) Explain how the Integration and/or competition between explanations from various perspectives helps
psychology advance our understanding of human behavior and mental processing.
YOUR TASK:
Your task is to select ONE psychological topic you find particularly interesting. This may be a topic we have covered in
the course or a psychological topic we have not covered. You will then examine this topic from three different
philosophical or theoretical perspectives within psychology. For example, you could examine your topic from any of the
following philosophical perspectives: physiological, behavioral, cognitive, social, humanistic, evolutionary,
psychoanalytic, etc). Alternatively, you could opt to examine your topic more specifically using three different theories,
which may or may not differ in their philosophical perspectives. For example, imagine that you choose “bullying” as
your topic. You could examine how bullying is explained from a biological, behavioral, and social perspective (three
different philosophical perspectives). Alternatively, you could choose to examine how three different theories attempt
to explain bullying. Two of these theories might be theories from a “social” perspective and one might be a theory from
a “biological” perspective.
In either case, you must utilize and cite original sources for those perspectives in your analysis/discussion. This means
that you must research your topic to find three different explanations for your topic. Your analysis cannot be based on
personal opinion alone.
Write-up: Your write-up should begin with a general overview of your topic and the reasons why it is particularly
interesting or relevant to you. This introduction should be followed by an analysis of your topic from three different
philosophical or theoretical perspectives. Your analysis should demonstrate a general understanding of your topic and
the fundamental principles used by each philosophical or theoretical perspective to explain that topic (using at least
three academic sources outside of your textbook as source material). In addition, you should discuss whether the
explanations offered by the different perspectives are complimentary to one another or contradict one another. Finally,
your analysis should include your own personal reflection of these perspectives and an informed assessment of what
you see as the strengths and weaknesses of each based on your research of them.
THE CRITERIA:
Review the grading criteria for this .
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The goal of these writing assignments is for you to sharpen your research skills, apply communication theory to everyday life, and demonstrate college-level writing skills
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SELECTION OF THE TOPIC
1. Select Section
From the sections of our course textbook on communication theories, you will choose
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The Self and Messages
. This section is assigned to you to get us started with the writing assignments, however, going forward in the course you will be able to choose the section you want to focus on for each Theoretical Review Paper. The sections you can choose from are below and they align with the sections of the course textbook.
The sections on communication theories are:
The Self and Messages (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7)
Relationship Development (Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11)
Groups and Organizations (Chapters 14, 17)
Culture and Diversity (Chapters 27, 28)
Public and Media (Chapters 18, 21, 25, 26)
2. Select a Theory from each section
From each section, you will select a theory you will research and write about in your Theoretical Reveiw Paper. For the first Theoretical Review Paper you will select theory/theories from (1) The Self and Messages (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7); choose
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theory to research.
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that other students have previously chosen:
The Self and Messages
Symbolic Interactionism (theory), intrapersonal communication (communication context), and self-esteem among college students (situation or issue from everyday life).
Symbolic Interactionism (theory), intrapersonal communication (communication context), and its relationship to body-shaming (situation or issue from everyday life).
Coordinated Management of Meaning theory, intrapersonal communication (communication context), and its effects on the business environment (situation or issue from everyday life).
Cognitive Dissonance Theory, intrapersonal communication (communication context), and the effects on romantic relationships (situation or issue from everyday life)
Expectancy Violations Theory, intrapersonal communication, and employer/employee relationships (situation or issue from everyday life)
Relationship Development
Uncertainty Reduction Theory, interpersonal communication (or intrapersonal communication), and dating
Social Exchange Theory, interpersonal communication, and effects on sales and entrepreneurship
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Assignment InstructionsSOCI 212 – Social ProblemsAmerican Public.docx
Assignment Instructions
SOCI 212 – Social Problems
American Public University System
Assignment 1: the sociological viewpoint toward social problems (Due Week 2)
CLICK HERE for HW1 GUIDELINES
Overview
One of the most crucial components to this course concerns addressing social problems in society from a sociological viewpoint as opposed to a strictly policy-oriented, psychological, or criminal justice viewpoint. Although many different viewpoints in social science are valid and have a lot of importance, it is equally important for us to understand how sociology looks at the nature of social problems in society today. This paper will enable us to explore why certain social problems seem to be regarded as more significant than others. Our job will be in defining the sociological viewpoint, and choosing one social problem that we think is of high importance. We will build upon the topic we choose in this paper for our second and third writing assignments.
Instructions
Construct a 2-4 page paper that fully explores each of the following areas:
1)
Citing our textbook material, explain how the sociological approach toward social problems differs from other approaches. Why are certain problems considered significant and others are not?
2)
Next, choose one social problem that exists in society that you think is particularly serious, and explain it in sociological terms. This social problem should be measurable in some statistical way. (Is it increasing, and if so, how? Among which groups of people, and for how long, etc.?)
3)
What might be one important way in which the social problem is currently being addressed in society?
4)
Please define and identify at least four concepts from our text relevant to your chosen social problem.
5)
Analyze the way in which these concepts help us better understand the nature of the social problem you are discussing.
Don’t forget to include proper APA-style citation and reference. (Assignment One is worth 10% of the total grade.)
Due by 11:55 pm ET, Sunday of Week 2 – submit using link in Sakai.
The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, arial or times new roman 11 pt font, and saved as .doc, .rtf or .pdf in the format: lastname_SOCI212_HW1.doc
DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
LATE POLICY:
See Syllalbus.
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Assignment 1 will evaluate your ability to do the following:
Course Objectives:
Course Objective One
Identify specific social problems and their cause-effect patterns.
Course Objective Two
Identify current research methods that are utilized for the investigation of social problems.
Course Objective Three
Compare and contrast current and suggested policies, programs, and/or treatments in terms of their effectiveness for alleviating the negative consequences of social problems.
Course Objective Four
Apply class concepts to support opinions about social problems.
Co ...
Read Survey of Communication Chpt. 1 httpsen.wikibooks.orgw.docx
Read Survey of Communication Chpt. 1
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Survey_of_Communication_Study/Chapter_1_-_Foundations:_Defining_Communication_and_Communication_Study
Read Survey of Communication Chpts. 5 and 6
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Survey_of_Communication_Study/Chapter_5_-_Communication_Theory
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Survey_of_Communication_Study/Chapter_6_-_Communication_Research
1. How does our reading define communication using one sentence? What are the two models of communication discussed in the reading and how are they similar/different?
2. Name three people (do not give exact names—just explain how you know them) who you feel use communication effectively in their jobs? In what ways do they communicate effectively using verbal and nonverbal communication?
3. What are the functions of communication theory? How does understanding communication theory help you in your daily life?
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSUASION AND PROPAGANDA, LANGUAGE USE, AND FA.docx
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSUASION AND PROPAGANDA, LANGUAGE USE, AND FALLACIES
This essay is based partly on the video we have watched for class in the last unit: chapters 4 – 5 of “The Persuaders” ( the link of the vedio is : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p74&continuous=1)
and the reading assignment “Metaphors We Live By”, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, the link is :http://pages.vassar.edu/theories-of-the-novel/files/2013/04/Metaphors-We-Live-By.pdf This essay is also partly based on the assigned readings on loaded language and propaganda, in your text on pp. 458 - 469; on fallacies in chapter 7 of your text;
LENGTH OF ESSAY AND POLICY ON PLAGIARISM: After watching the above video and doing the assigned readings, you should type an approximately 3 page double-spaced essay (of font size 10 or 11) which interweaves the answers to the main questions (in capital letters) below, with details from the assigned video and readings to support your answers. You need not summarize the video for this essay, and you need not discuss everything in the video, but you must include specific examples to support your points and you must show evidence of having watched the video, as well as having done the assigned readings.
I will not accept essays that are shorter than 2 double-spaced pages (44 lines of text of 10 or 11 size font). Your essay may be longer than 3 pages, but should not exceed 5 pages. You are not expected to use any outside sources in your discussion (that is, you are expected to only use assigned readings and videos for the course, as stated above), but, if you do use outside sources, you must include citations. Failure to cite outside sources will be counted as plagiarism, for which there are penalties (see the syllabus).
Keep a copy of your final essay in print or saved electronically just in case I claim that I never received it. This is for your own protection.
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Interweave into one essay a discussion of the following questions (#1, #2 & #3): The main themes are in CAPITAL LETTERS, and the questions beneath the main themes are guidelines and reminders of what we have, or will, discuss in class.
1) MAIN QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED: Given Lakoff’s metaphor that “argument is war” (as found in the assigned article), and given Rapaille’s approach to marketing and Frank Luntz’s approach to politics and language in the video, “The Persuaders”, do these .
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. The assignment is to write 2 essays of 2 pages each, for a total of 4 pages.
Taking a Closer Look at Community: Our last few weeks of readings are focused on different ways of imagining community ties in our increasingly globalized world. These are communities that have global dimensions the readings in our final unit want us to take a closer look at: gender, social networks, political activists, university students, global supply chains. The assignment here is to choose one of the types of community we have looked at: Gender (Lorber, Devor, Blum, Tannen); Social Networks (Gladwell, Friedman); Political Activists (Gladwell, Friedman); University Students (Nathan); Global Supply Chains (Friedman). Choose 2 different articles from this list in order to explore the argument the article makes about how to understand the kind of community it is concerned with.
For each article, you are to write a 2-page summary, focused on the argument the article makes for how we should understand the community it is looking at--and what ties it together. The summary should offer clear explanation of the community the article is looking at. It should also lay out a thorough analysis of the argument, take a look at some of the examples your source uses to better understand the limitations of the argument, and offer a summation of the evidence s/he uses to make his case about how to understand the community it is concerned with (mostly in the form of expert authorities). In other words, this is a summary of a specific community and its real-world complications, in order to best understand the author's argument regarding the community in all of its complexity and complications. So actually much of your attention should be devoted to looking at where the argument or the concerns it speaks to are more complicated than it might at first seem.
The Elements of Summary: As you sit down to summarize your chosen community concept, you want to keep in mind that the main task is to prioritize what you feel to be the most important aspects for understanding the concept. That is the critical thinking aspect of the assignment; it involves making choices about what to include and why. That means you want to examine closely your author's priorities in setting up the key concern, looking at what s/he starts with, where s/he takes the discussion, and where s/he ends it. Certainly, the end of his/her discussion (the concluding remarks) will show us most clearly what s/he wants us to prioritize in engaging with the key concern. But tracking his/her discussion along the way can tell us more about why s/he goes that way and looking back at the introduction can help clarify what he thinks we should initially keep in mind as he sorts through his argument. What this also means is that you want to give some attention to when the author goes in surprising directions or shows us where his concerns or related terms don't work in expected ways.
Definition: we have given a good deal of ...
STEP 1 Next, find a text in conversation with your first two that.docx
STEP 1: Next, find a
text in conversation with your first two that that allows for reader/viewer interaction via feedback, online comments, etc.
You can be creative here. For example, you could look at a blog, a series of tweets, a podcast, Instagram posts, online videos, interviews, artwork, ads, etc. as long as the text provides space for interaction from readers/viewers
(like comments, sharing, or liking).
Importantly, again, try to pick a source (or series of sources--if you use something like tweets) that isn't just broadly about the same general topic as the one you used for the last discussion, but one that debates the same question or concern that your previous sources debated/discussed.
NOTE: Try to find a source with information that surprises you or enhances your understanding of the conversation in some way. This will help you write a better analysis.
STEP 2: Once you’ve identified a source to work with, read the text(s) and then write a rhetorical summary. To help you write a rhetorical summary, see
Guiding Questions for Rhetorical Summaries
below. Because your source is so different from the previous sources you used, your answers will probably be very different.
Note: there's a new question below: don't forget to answer it!
Guiding Questions For Researching Rhetorically:
Please use specific examples from the text to support your analysis. Here are some questions to consider.
First, identify the
author
(first name and last name) and title of the piece and where/when it was published. Then identify the core idea of the author’s argument, along with information on
what
they’re arguing and
how
they’re making their argument. (If it's an informative piece, identify what the main goal of the document is and what they are using to support that goal. For example, what are they trying to explain? Why? How?) Your summary should remain an objective report of the article/text, without your commentary or opinion of the author’s argument/information.
Who is the
audience
for the text and what was the author’s purpose? Remember that the audience cannot be "everyone". (For example, does the audience belong to a particular age group? To a specific geographical location? A political affiliation? A specific career or degree of knowledge? Look for clues in the text as to whom the writer thinks is reading.) What is the writer responding to? What do you know about the author/place of publication?
How does the writer use evidence/information? Is the evidence/information reliable? Why or why not?
What is the level of
bias
or degree of advocacy in the medium where this article was published? For example, a newspaper or website might believe something very strongly, to the point that they are very selective in the information they share, or they might be trying to be "neutral". If you look into the newspaper/website/etc, you might get clues. What might you say are the medium’s values? For example, for an article, you mi.
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THE PURPOSE:
Knowledge:
After completing this assignment, you will understand:
1) The scope and diversity of psychology as a discipline.
2) How psychologists working from different philosophical and theoretical perspectives make different
contributions to our understanding of particular psychological topics.
Skills:
After completing this assignment, you will be able to:
1) Assess the strengths and weaknesses of various explanations for your topic.
2) Explain how the Integration and/or competition between explanations from various perspectives helps
psychology advance our understanding of human behavior and mental processing.
YOUR TASK:
Your task is to select ONE psychological topic you find particularly interesting. This may be a topic we have covered in
the course or a psychological topic we have not covered. You will then examine this topic from three different
philosophical or theoretical perspectives within psychology. For example, you could examine your topic from any of the
following philosophical perspectives: physiological, behavioral, cognitive, social, humanistic, evolutionary,
psychoanalytic, etc). Alternatively, you could opt to examine your topic more specifically using three different theories,
which may or may not differ in their philosophical perspectives. For example, imagine that you choose “bullying” as
your topic. You could examine how bullying is explained from a biological, behavioral, and social perspective (three
different philosophical perspectives). Alternatively, you could choose to examine how three different theories attempt
to explain bullying. Two of these theories might be theories from a “social” perspective and one might be a theory from
a “biological” perspective.
In either case, you must utilize and cite original sources for those perspectives in your analysis/discussion. This means
that you must research your topic to find three different explanations for your topic. Your analysis cannot be based on
personal opinion alone.
Write-up: Your write-up should begin with a general overview of your topic and the reasons why it is particularly
interesting or relevant to you. This introduction should be followed by an analysis of your topic from three different
philosophical or theoretical perspectives. Your analysis should demonstrate a general understanding of your topic and
the fundamental principles used by each philosophical or theoretical perspective to explain that topic (using at least
three academic sources outside of your textbook as source material). In addition, you should discuss whether the
explanations offered by the different perspectives are complimentary to one another or contradict one another. Finally,
your analysis should include your own personal reflection of these perspectives and an informed assessment of what
you see as the strengths and weaknesses of each based on your research of them.
THE CRITERIA:
Review the grading criteria for this .
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Text Analysis – Current Educational Philosophy Issue
Your Text analysis assignment is an analysis of a current philosophy of education issue. The selected text must have been constructed within the past year. The assignment requires that you make links between your chosen text, concepts, videos, and readings from the course. The purpose of the exercise is to help you to critically examine the way how text inscribe meanings that influence how we conduct education in this country. You may do this paper with a partner.
GUIDELINES
All papers must be typed and should be between 3 to 5 pages long.
Use the handout on Text Analysis while working to make sure all criteria are met. If you work with a partner, only one paper is required. The grade the paper achieves will be assigned to both students.
The format for the paper should be analytic, interpretive, and normative – do not mix up the order of the three perspectives. These perspectives must be clearly delineated in your paper in order to ensure full credit.
It is essential that you remember that this is an analysis and not a report. As such, your goal is to analyze the text not “re-describe” it. Remember! This is not a book report or a “text” description.
Restrict your analysis to a few themes of the text (preferably the main theme), focus on how the argument was constructed and how the text informs education in contemporary society. Utilize course concepts, videos, written texts, quotes, paraphrases, readings, discussion, etc. to help ground your ideas. Failure to do so will result in a weak, one-sided paper.
If you work with a partner, note where you disagree (on what and why). Not everyone shares the same position.
Refer to the "Worksheet on Reading Texts" handout below for explicit questions to guide you in the text analysis.
Worksheet For Reading Text
To really “read” a text, as opposed to just decoding it, requires the reader to construct meaning from the text. To help you in this process, you should attempt to answer at least the following questions for each text? ANALYTIC READING
1. What is the major argument (conclusions) presented in the text?
a. What is the author/speaker trying to convince you?
2. What is the evidence presented to support that claim (Premise)?
3. Is the argument implicit or explicit?
4. Is it an empirical (facts, statistics, etc.), analytical (concepts and definitions) or normative (making a moral claim) argument?
5. What type of reasoning does the author employ (inductive or deductive)?
6. How is the argument presented, i.e. what rhetorical devices are used to make the argument (narrative, metaphors, visual imagery, imagery, ideographs, euphemisms, rhetorical questions, labels, etc.)?
7. Are you able to detect any fallacies in the argument? INTERPRETIVE READING
1. When was the text made?
2. What was going on around that time that might have influenced the writing of this text or the way audiences interpreted it?
3. What might those who r ...
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Assignment 1: the sociological viewpoint toward social problems (Due Week 3)
Overview
One of the most crucial components to this course concerns addressing social problems in society from a sociological viewpoint as opposed to a strictly policy-oriented, psychological, or criminal justice viewpoint. Although many different viewpoints in social science are valid and have a lot of importance, it is equally important for us to understand how sociology looks at the nature of social problems in society today. This paper will enable us to explore why certain social problems seem to be regarded as more significant than others. Our job will be in defining the sociological viewpoint, and choosing one social problem that we think is of high importance. We will build upon the topic we choose in this paper for our second and third writing assignments.
Instructions
Construct a 2-4 page paper that fully explores each of the following areas:
1)
Citing our textbook material, explain how the sociological approach toward social problems differs from other approaches. Why are certain problems considered significant and others are not?
2)
Next, choose one social problem that exists in society that you think is particularly serious, and explain it in sociological terms. This social problem should be measurable in some statistical way. (Is it increasing, and if so, how? Among which groups of people, and for how long, etc.?)
3)
What might be one important way in which the social problem is currently being addressed in society?
4)
Please define and identify at least four concepts from our text relevant to your chosen social problem.
5)
Analyze the way in which these concepts help us better understand the nature of the social problem you are discussing.
Don’t forget to include proper APA-style citation and reference.
The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, arial or times new roman 11 pt font, and saved as .doc, .rtf or .pdf in the format: lastname_SOCI212_HW1.doc
DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
Leon-Guerrero, A. (2015). Social Problems, 5th edition. Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, Inc.
(book)
.
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